IRAN: FURTHER INFORMATION: JAILED CANCER PATIENT TORTURED IN PRISON: ARASH SADEGHI
IRAN: FURTHER INFORMATION: JAILED CANCER PATIENT TORTURED IN PRISON: ARASH SADEGHI 13 August 2019 , Index number: MDE 13/0876/2019 Critically ill prisoner of conscience and human right defender Arash Sadeghi is being tortured through the intentional and purposeful denial of his access to cancer treatment, causing him severe pain and suffering. Serious post-operation infection has developed in his right arm due to lack of care in prison, leaving it swollen, paralyzed and without sensation. He has also been denied critical bone marrow tests to monitor if his cancer has spread. His life is being put at risk. Ninth UA: 174/13 Index: MDE 13/0876/2019 Iran Date: 13 August 2019 URGENT ACTION JAILED CA NCER P A TIENT TORTURED IN PRISON Critically ill prisoner of conscience and human right defender Arash Sadeghi is being tortured through the intentional and purposeful denial of his acce ss to cancer treatment, causing him severe pain and su...